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It's a loud week in golf. PGA Tour heads to Phoenix Open, LIV Golf goes to Vegas during Super Bowl 02/06/2024 09:48am • PGA TOUR WM PHOENIX OPEN Site: Scottsdale, Arizona. Course: TPC Scottsdale. Yardage: 7,261. Par: 71. Prize money: $8.8 million. Winner's share: $1.584 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Scottie Amtrak wants to double its ridership by 2040 02/06/2024 09:40am • Amtrak is planning to double its overall ridership on the rail system by 2040. The company said this new goal builds on the ridership gains it has made since the COVID-19 pandemic. Amtrak wants to move 66 million passengers, up from a current 33 million. CEO Stephen Gardner said the billions A South Dakota man charged with murder for allegedly running down chief deputy during police chase 02/06/2024 08:25am • South Dakota prosecutors charged a Sioux Falls man on Monday with first-degree murder and aggravated eluding in the death of a deputy who was struck while putting out spikes during a police chase. Joseph Gene Hoek, 40, was ordered held without bail at his first court appearance in the death of Moody BP earns $3 billion at the end of last year but saw its annual profit fall by half from 2022 02/06/2024 06:31am • LONDON (AP) — Oil and natural gas giant BP beat expectations on Tuesday with earnings of $3 billion in the last three months of 2023, bringing last year's total to half its record 2022 profit as energy prices have fallen since spiking after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. London-based BP reported it Chinese shares jump as Beijing steps up moves to boost sagging markets 02/06/2024 05:15am • BANGKOK (AP) — A Chinese state investment fund promised to expand its purchases of stock index funds, among other moves signaling Beijing’s resolve to stabilize markets that have been sagging under heavy selling pressure from a property crisis and slowing economy. Shares in Shanghai and Hong Ko Record-setting storm that killed 3 dumps rain on Los Angeles; flash flood alerts still in effect 02/05/2024 10:43pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A storm of historic proportions dumped a record amount of rain over parts of Los Angeles on Monday, sending mud and boulders down hillsides dotted with multimillion-dollar homes while people living in homeless encampments in many parts of the city scrambled for safety. About 71 Better equipment and communications are among Maui police recommendations after Lahaina wildfire 02/05/2024 10:36pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly six months after a wildfire destroyed the historic town of Lahaina, the Maui Police Department said Monday it is working on improving its response to future tragedies, including by obtaining better equipment and stationing a high-ranking officer in the island's communication Kevin Harlan, daughter Olivia will make Super Bowl history by calling, covering game 02/05/2024 10:28pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Super Bowl will be a broadcasting family affair. Veteran radio play-by-play announcer Kevin Harlan and his daughter, sideline reporter Olivia Harlan Dekker, will become the first father-and-daughter duo to cover and call a Super Bowl. “You think of it like the accolades of y DC Council set to vote on sweeping crime legislation. What's in the bill? 02/05/2024 09:40pm • Aiming to stop the explosion of carjackings and other violent crime in the city, the D.C. Council is expected to take a first vote Tuesday on a bill that would overhaul public safety. The Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 combines proposals seen in a dozen crime bills introduced in 2023 inc Crime increased in Montgomery County for third straight year, data shows 02/05/2024 09:30pm • Overall, crime increased in Montgomery County for the third year in a row. In a briefing before the Montgomery County Council Public Safety Committee, legislative analyst Susan Farag laid out the data: Auto thefts spiked by 131% Carjackings rose by 28.6% Crimes under the category "crim Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement 02/05/2024 08:05pm • DENVER (AP) — The four Black girls lay facedown in a parking lot, crying “no” and “mommy” as a police officer who had pointed her gun at them then bent down to handcuff two of their wrists. The youngest wore a pink tiara as she held onto her teenage cousin’s hand. The 6-year-old Lovely w Illinois man gets 5 years for trying to burn down planned abortion clinic 02/05/2024 07:59pm • URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A 73-year-old Illinois man was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for driving a car into a planned abortion clinic and trying to set the building on fire last year. Philip J. Buyno of Prophetstown also was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and to pay $327 Metro GM's proposed budget won't call for dramatic service cuts, station closures 02/05/2024 07:37pm • After sounding the alarm that dramatic cuts would be needed to keep Metro afloat, the transit agency’s leader is painting a less bleak budget picture as he proposes his spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. General Manager Randy Clarke said promises of additional funding, totaling $480 mi The 50 Best Hotels in the USA 2024 02/05/2024 07:00pm • From beachfront resorts to swanky city hotels, these properties are the best in the country.Across the United States, the most impressive hotels go above and beyond to accommodate and welcome visitors; offer guests ample amenities and delicious on-site dining options; and provide comfortable, well-e DC day care devastated by gas explosion is getting help from the community 02/05/2024 06:50pm • The community around the D.C. day care center destroyed in a gas explosion is pitching in to help the owner. The Agua 301 restaurant in Navy Yard donated 25% of every check between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Monday to help Baby Einstein Child Development Center get back on its feet. Traci Johnson wi